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i no the saudi's act act in their self-interest and want market share does nigeria and other places are discounting like crazy. i think the saudi's gave us one on this. they don't like putin a ram, and that was part of their decision not to try to meddle with the market. >> i agree with you. the saudi's understand that oil and oil prices are a strategic weapon, and they used it that way. >> i want i want to ask you, come back to regulation and tax. hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling our technology breakthroughs. i look at this aztec breakthroughs that happen to be in the energy business. aren't these principles going to be applied in other areas of the economy? >> of course. that course. that is why it is so distressing that we are making innovation and entrepreneurship more difficult because it transforms every industry. i mentioned that small businesses innovate it seven times the rate of big business. there is a reason for that. when we were at hewlett packard by the end of my tenure we were generating 11 patents a day, a rapid rate of innovation. imagine the small business
i no the saudi's act act in their self-interest and want market share does nigeria and other places are discounting like crazy. i think the saudi's gave us one on this. they don't like putin a ram, and that was part of their decision not to try to meddle with the market. >> i agree with you. the saudi's understand that oil and oil prices are a strategic weapon, and they used it that way. >> i want i want to ask you, come back to regulation and tax. hydraulic fracturing and...
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i am the owner of test consultants medical center in nigeria. we were the ones that jumped on the first and the last ebola grenade. thank you. [laughter] i wanted to raise the issue that i think is very important, is the issue of stigma. now, i have, i come here because of what lies ahead. in a country of 160 million people, 18 people were infected, 12 were from my hospital. now, eight have survived, and they've been declared that they are at zero, has the antibody but they're still suffering -- suffering from stigma. in a country and in a continent in a zone where 70-90% of the people get their health care from the private people, how are we going to be able to introduce this? when right now, the practice is stop the fever. if you have a fever at the gate, you don't come into the hospital. so how are we going to be able to convince them? because i heard the comment about -- it means if you have to really go in there and talk to the people and get to know how to overcome their fears, which we now know is a stigma. >> thank you. >> let's take a f
i am the owner of test consultants medical center in nigeria. we were the ones that jumped on the first and the last ebola grenade. thank you. [laughter] i wanted to raise the issue that i think is very important, is the issue of stigma. now, i have, i come here because of what lies ahead. in a country of 160 million people, 18 people were infected, 12 were from my hospital. now, eight have survived, and they've been declared that they are at zero, has the antibody but they're still suffering...
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nigeria. >> russia is very different. >> i'm just learning so much. >> no need to race. there was a book. if you cannot alister project. >> let's talk about the budget. they have tripled their gold reserves under putin administration. the chinese have doubled. she knew it the largest producer in america is? actually china. china is the largest improver of oil. gold is money. don't fool yourself. gold is money. general questions? >> at the decline of u.s. influence on the global energy market, do you see something like the manhattan project developing to replace certain forms of energy? >> it's interesting we talk about that in the book because to do with the manhattan project was today in today's dollars to be a trillion dollars investment from the government and a revolutionize what became nuclear energy. obama tried out with the green revolution. it was a disaster. so now, i don't see that being a solution unfortunately. yes, sir. >> this is fascinating. just a couple of points i want a clarification of enzi said earlier. i was under the impression that it was rusnak t
nigeria. >> russia is very different. >> i'm just learning so much. >> no need to race. there was a book. if you cannot alister project. >> let's talk about the budget. they have tripled their gold reserves under putin administration. the chinese have doubled. she knew it the largest producer in america is? actually china. china is the largest improver of oil. gold is money. don't fool yourself. gold is money. general questions? >> at the decline of u.s. influence...
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, in the book i talk about if we, you know, if we wanted to just choose a place, maybe we could say nigeria, the the niger delta and the fight against shell that kicked shell out of the territory. and people think they didn't know about climate change. nigerians in the '90s called one of their largest protests operation climate change. and i learned that, actually, by reading a book that esperanza helped ed kit. and, of course -- edit. and, of course, the fight in ec what with door to -- ecuador to keep the oil underground in the amazon is, has been at the forefront of the keep the carbon in the ground model. and, you know, one of the quotes that you have in the box is very simple -- in the book is very simple, why should we sacrifice new areas if fossil fuels should not be extracted in the first place, which is a very good question. the concept of climate debt says, yes, let's leave the oil underground. but in leafing the -- leaving the oil under the amazon, that should be recognized as a contribution to the world, and there should not be a choice, a false choice between the right to educa
, in the book i talk about if we, you know, if we wanted to just choose a place, maybe we could say nigeria, the the niger delta and the fight against shell that kicked shell out of the territory. and people think they didn't know about climate change. nigerians in the '90s called one of their largest protests operation climate change. and i learned that, actually, by reading a book that esperanza helped ed kit. and, of course -- edit. and, of course, the fight in ec what with door to --...
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weak, and i think that's why it expanded into places like africa, mali, and cameroon, and northern nigeria, because these are places without states. they don't have states that can keep order and police and protect their own people. and american foreign policy has been wrestling with the problem, how do you build a state in a place like afghanistan or iraq, where authority has collapsed? and i would say, we still have not figured this out. we're not very good at it. >> so, it's different to take power and then govern. >> yes. >> very different skill set. what is it that people don't quite understand about that process? >> so, there's really three central institutions that are necessary. one is the state itself, which is all about power. it's the ability to protect the community and deliver services, and then there's two others. the second one is law. the rule of law which constrains the state and forces the state to act according to rules that the community has set. and then there's finally democracy, which is an attempt to force the state to pay attention to the wishes of the whole pop la
weak, and i think that's why it expanded into places like africa, mali, and cameroon, and northern nigeria, because these are places without states. they don't have states that can keep order and police and protect their own people. and american foreign policy has been wrestling with the problem, how do you build a state in a place like afghanistan or iraq, where authority has collapsed? and i would say, we still have not figured this out. we're not very good at it. >> so, it's different...
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karima bennoune is a native of nigeria and the united states and lives in northern california. the topic of "your fatwa does not apply here: untold stories from the fight against muslim fundamentalism" is a very personal one for her. her father was an outspoken professor at the university of algiers to face death threats in the 1919s but continued speaking out against fundamentalism and terrorism. in writing this book karima bennoune set out to meet people who are today doing what her father did back then, trying to garner from greater international support that algerian democrats received in the 1990s. graduated from a joint program and what in north actor concern is that the university of michigan, earning an m.b.a. from the graduate school and a graduate certificate in women's studies. publications have appeared in many leading academic journals, widely cited including the nation magazine, the dallas morning news and the christian science monitor and the violence against women and the u.n. special -- protecting human rights while countering terrorism. she has left a round wo
karima bennoune is a native of nigeria and the united states and lives in northern california. the topic of "your fatwa does not apply here: untold stories from the fight against muslim fundamentalism" is a very personal one for her. her father was an outspoken professor at the university of algiers to face death threats in the 1919s but continued speaking out against fundamentalism and terrorism. in writing this book karima bennoune set out to meet people who are today doing what her...
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. >> -- nigeria in its ability to control corruption and, obviously, its willingness to control corruption. so what does mean about what we canning say about the putin system -- we can say about the putin system? the putin system national eyeses the risk and privatizes the reward to loyal u.s.es. the pattern we see now of the redistribution to the inner core has been in place since the beginning. this is not a system in which robber barons create the industrial basis of a robust, emerging capitalist economy. this is a system in which barons are robbed by value-detracting, state-rating elites whose sole position is determined by their relationship to the current president. value detraction is an extremely important part of picture. part of this picture. most of academic world, including myself, have spent the last 20 years focusing on democracy in russia, on democracy building, on democracy sustaining, on democracy failing. but not on authoritarianism succeeding. and the basic conclusion that i came to in this book is that russia is not a system under putin of accidental autocrats. it is a
. >> -- nigeria in its ability to control corruption and, obviously, its willingness to control corruption. so what does mean about what we canning say about the putin system -- we can say about the putin system? the putin system national eyeses the risk and privatizes the reward to loyal u.s.es. the pattern we see now of the redistribution to the inner core has been in place since the beginning. this is not a system in which robber barons create the industrial basis of a robust, emerging...
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issue in northern nigeria. why would we expect we would not have some kind of issue there? i don't think it's going to be just build it and they will come. but on the other hand, i think we have an opportunity to maybe put our best foot forward ever if we start thinking about it now and don't handle it like a bunch of public health epidemiologist only but we handle it as a social, cultural event that really needs all of us on board. get to the vaccine to the. you can get in which make sure i get the vaccine. >> i think we'll go to some questions. start either way. go ahead. >> thank you very much. this is a very informative workshop seminar. i'm from liberia. i happen to be the president of the liberian association in maryland. and much of what you said is very, very true. i think information we can use with our community and with our people back home. my question has to do with one of the presentations, one of the presenters, the series of -- develop test of vibrant on animals and approved to be not for the us
issue in northern nigeria. why would we expect we would not have some kind of issue there? i don't think it's going to be just build it and they will come. but on the other hand, i think we have an opportunity to maybe put our best foot forward ever if we start thinking about it now and don't handle it like a bunch of public health epidemiologist only but we handle it as a social, cultural event that really needs all of us on board. get to the vaccine to the. you can get in which make sure i...
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ampulla resurged in nigeria because of distrust for cozier is an idea how to get a larger health care work force by first heard about and now we have modeled the dow at the centers for advanced modeling but as far as we know people can survive the disease. so trained as a work force to control the epidemic. i am not assuming but with the fatality rate of 70% but if you take those numbers you have 300,000 survivors with unit what -- with immunity's immobilize them as health care workers so they are immune to the various they are aware of the culture and they speak the language and they are trusted by the others in their community, so convert that into a health care work force. the potential impact? here is of a simple set of fronts where we recycle into those that to have the transmission rate i know this looks a little daunting but if you just take the classical standard model because they become infected but with no mobilization and to recover if you mobilize the recovery it is 20 percent of those who are healthy and a corresponding reduction of the people do die. and this strategy i
ampulla resurged in nigeria because of distrust for cozier is an idea how to get a larger health care work force by first heard about and now we have modeled the dow at the centers for advanced modeling but as far as we know people can survive the disease. so trained as a work force to control the epidemic. i am not assuming but with the fatality rate of 70% but if you take those numbers you have 300,000 survivors with unit what -- with immunity's immobilize them as health care workers so they...
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we have nonstop flight from nigeria to houston. so we are a veil mobile world. that's why can't just say -- we need to go therefor and help to contain that illness west africa instead of waiting for it to get to our shores. >> are. >> host: congressman? >> guest: well, yes, we have to worry about mutations and the possibility, the spread of ebola, i was talking with one of our witnesses at the hearing this morning, yesterday in my office. the is the president of the infectious disease society of america and will be on the second panel testifying before the energy and commerce committee today on the gain act, on adapt and this whole issue, and i talked to her a little bit about the concern of spread -- bringing patients, as we did, american doctors, back to our excellent healthcare facilities in my own state of georgia, emory university, and what if any concern there should be there, and you point out to me this disease, this viral disease, of ebola, is not spread by air. it's a fluid to fluid contact. and it's quite safe. but i do worry about continent to contin
we have nonstop flight from nigeria to houston. so we are a veil mobile world. that's why can't just say -- we need to go therefor and help to contain that illness west africa instead of waiting for it to get to our shores. >> are. >> host: congressman? >> guest: well, yes, we have to worry about mutations and the possibility, the spread of ebola, i was talking with one of our witnesses at the hearing this morning, yesterday in my office. the is the president of the infectious...
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africa, lots of economic opportunity and it was home to many very fast-growing economies in angola, nigeria and ethiopia. so they go on to say that -- quote -- "the export-import bank plays a vital niche role in the u.s. economy because it backs up commercial banks often when they can't find other people to finance those deals. and it is selling goods in developing countries." that's from "the "chicago the o tribune."." so newspapers around america get it. this is a key tool for us to access new opportunities that are emerging in developing countries. and the question is, china's already there, they're selling product in, they're using their credit agency to help close deals. why? because a lot of banks are uncomfortable either with the size of the deal, the lack of financial players in those emerging markets, and the inability to get these deals closed without the export bank and its assistance. another editorial that was in "the boston globe" actually talked about a u.s. company that lost a deal because our inability to make a decision here. quote, a california company lost a $57 million
africa, lots of economic opportunity and it was home to many very fast-growing economies in angola, nigeria and ethiopia. so they go on to say that -- quote -- "the export-import bank plays a vital niche role in the u.s. economy because it backs up commercial banks often when they can't find other people to finance those deals. and it is selling goods in developing countries." that's from "the "chicago the o tribune."." so newspapers around america get it. this is...
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didn't know baseball was going to take me to germany, didn't know it was going to take me to austria, nigeria or south africa, but it has. and i'm all the better person for it, a better man, a better father. so allow baseball to create some opportunities for you. >> jerry, you wanted to -- jeffrey, i'm sorry. i'm looking at -- [laughter] i'm sorry, my brother. >> no, you good. >> jeffrey. [laughter] you wanted to follow up. >> yeah. coach said it all. i mean, you know, there's nothing -- i'm going to echo his same sentiments but, you know, this one little example that i had, my oldest brother, he got drafted by the pittsburgh pirates back in 1983, and he went to northwestern. be and i was 8 years old, and i remember him coming home for the christmas break, and he went to go play a game of pick-up ball, and someone bridged him, he came home, and he had a compound fracture of his wrist. and so that what if happened in my household. you know? he got drafted come out of high school, and he had, praise the lord, he got drafted again after his senior year in college. but having that actually hit ho
didn't know baseball was going to take me to germany, didn't know it was going to take me to austria, nigeria or south africa, but it has. and i'm all the better person for it, a better man, a better father. so allow baseball to create some opportunities for you. >> jerry, you wanted to -- jeffrey, i'm sorry. i'm looking at -- [laughter] i'm sorry, my brother. >> no, you good. >> jeffrey. [laughter] you wanted to follow up. >> yeah. coach said it all. i mean, you know,...
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i believe in everyone of you who are doing just extraordinary things, like -- [applause] in nigeria, she saw a close friend died during childbirth. she now helps train birth attendants and delivers kids with sterile supplies and helping to save the lives of countless mothers and their babies. so we want to thank her. [applause] we want her to save even more lives, or to give you another example, robert -- [cheers and applause] so there's robert. so robert is death, but even though he can't hear, he can see that the stigma and discrimination against people with disabilities must in. he's been in their champions. is standing up for their rights in schools and on the job. so thank you, robert. [applause] we want to be your partner standing up for the universal rights of all people. i believe in mom -- m.j. [applause] so in senegal she take a stand against the human trafficking that condemns to many women and girls to force labor and sexual slavery. she runs and academy that gives them education and skills to find a job and start new lives. so we are so proud of you. thank you for the go
i believe in everyone of you who are doing just extraordinary things, like -- [applause] in nigeria, she saw a close friend died during childbirth. she now helps train birth attendants and delivers kids with sterile supplies and helping to save the lives of countless mothers and their babies. so we want to thank her. [applause] we want her to save even more lives, or to give you another example, robert -- [cheers and applause] so there's robert. so robert is death, but even though he can't...
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divorce it from our defense spending because the money that we spend in places like somalia or mali or nigeria or indeed in pakistan is about reducing the pressures of asylum and immigration and, indeed, terrorism making our world safer. that is what our defense budget should be about and i would argue it's what our aid budget is about as well. >> does the trend to agree that all conditions -- primers agree, therefore -- [inaudible] i agree with honorable lady. minus 10 is they did have to work but look closely at the particular condition she braces and perhaps write to her about the approach to it. >> thank you very much, mr. speaker. businesses report high skilled workers benefiting from the tax cuts which this government has introduced and hard-working apprentices and joined the sort of opportunities they couldn't have had just a few years ago. does the prime minister agree the plans of our and yet more money while keeping tax on british business and make it more expensive for employers to our young people and no more and no less than a long-term economic stance? >> i think my friend is rig
divorce it from our defense spending because the money that we spend in places like somalia or mali or nigeria or indeed in pakistan is about reducing the pressures of asylum and immigration and, indeed, terrorism making our world safer. that is what our defense budget should be about and i would argue it's what our aid budget is about as well. >> does the trend to agree that all conditions -- primers agree, therefore -- [inaudible] i agree with honorable lady. minus 10 is they did have...
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nigeria's summation. and the thought and the way in which you live, the political dimension is to work in a space of nations, with the nations for together. it is to your nationality in your state do you connect with people and others. it's perfectly consistent with the cultural dimensions. let me just say that sort of slogan is perhaps better. i think it has to dimensions. one is a kind of moral university. every human being matters and i may be in one place, but i have an virtue of common humanity with obligations everywhere to everyone whom we can affect only know about. that's one good side of it. but the other side is we don't have to all be the same. there's plenty of universalists is the wish of everybody you are a marxist or an american perhaps. i doubt the best culture. cosmopolitans don't think that in du bois doesn't think that. he understands the different individual and click ways and it would be a mistake to try to impose one. you could be an in internationalist in the universalists mode of
nigeria's summation. and the thought and the way in which you live, the political dimension is to work in a space of nations, with the nations for together. it is to your nationality in your state do you connect with people and others. it's perfectly consistent with the cultural dimensions. let me just say that sort of slogan is perhaps better. i think it has to dimensions. one is a kind of moral university. every human being matters and i may be in one place, but i have an virtue of common...
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nigeria is my country in your blood is my tribe. everywhere else, including chicago through certain extent i'm traveling. i lived in kenya and i chose kenya for a particular reason. one is a tech explosion. the first story about that ended up being around these themes of the book was about google africa, how did the state offices that were plain hard work tumors in this exploding technology sector. so i went to kenya also in part because it wasn't nigeria and i could move between cultures and professional environments with more ease i thought than in nigeria but the expectations of me culturally. that proved to have been an important dispositive position. i also traveled to 17 countries over the course of the two years and in each place their advantages have been able to not invite people to begin performing. in many places the donor economy comes with white faces and provokes a certain set of behaviors and a certain sort of lack of discretion or lack of disclosure that it might be in the case for someone who looks like someone, eve
nigeria is my country in your blood is my tribe. everywhere else, including chicago through certain extent i'm traveling. i lived in kenya and i chose kenya for a particular reason. one is a tech explosion. the first story about that ended up being around these themes of the book was about google africa, how did the state offices that were plain hard work tumors in this exploding technology sector. so i went to kenya also in part because it wasn't nigeria and i could move between cultures and...
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two or three years ago i was in nigeria, for example, talking with him about what might be possible as far as u.s. military training of the nigerian military, because of the restraints we put on ourselves. very little as possible and so that's why when these girls are kidnapped we've got to basically start from scratch because we don't have that ongoing relationship. so is the president, secretary kerry can cut through all of that, or by the way the state department has been one of the biggest impediments in some of these issues, if we can cut through all that, then i think it's a good and useful thing. however, like i say, we can have this full array of tools, but if we don't have our own credible military threat, the nobody is going to take those tools very scarcely. so it comes back to our military strength and our credibility. everything depends on that, even efforts such as training others. >> i think we are at time for the congressman and he is another apartment to get to but we certainly appreciate compuserve's our country and addressing these issues. >> thank you. [applause] [i
two or three years ago i was in nigeria, for example, talking with him about what might be possible as far as u.s. military training of the nigerian military, because of the restraints we put on ourselves. very little as possible and so that's why when these girls are kidnapped we've got to basically start from scratch because we don't have that ongoing relationship. so is the president, secretary kerry can cut through all of that, or by the way the state department has been one of the biggest...
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nigeria was a nation in 1960. and the thought that the face of the nation that works together and it is through your nationality and your state that you connect with other people and that idea is publically consistent with the dimension of cosmopolitan and i have a definition in mind with the slogan perhaps being better. i think it has two dimensions. one is a universism. every human being matters. i maybe a a human in one place but i have obligations everywhere to anyone you can effect. the other side is we don't all have to be the same. there are people where the wish is everyone should be a catholic, or marxist or an american perhaps. adopt the best culture? american. cosmopolitans don't think that. and du bois doesn't think that. he understands there are different individual and collective ways of living in the world and it would be a mistake to try to impose one. you could be an internationalist in the universe mode. i think there are different things. i think it is common to be an internationalist in the way
nigeria was a nation in 1960. and the thought that the face of the nation that works together and it is through your nationality and your state that you connect with other people and that idea is publically consistent with the dimension of cosmopolitan and i have a definition in mind with the slogan perhaps being better. i think it has two dimensions. one is a universism. every human being matters. i maybe a a human in one place but i have obligations everywhere to anyone you can effect. the...
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ghana is not far from nigeria. the first question is members of congress, women, went to the nigerian embassy, and asked the country to establish a relief fund for the families. just announce and put in -- put dollars in for the pain, the displacement, many of them may be trying to follow where the girls are. i want they want to see whether the state department, beyond our moans that, we are giving, for them to establish a relief fund. i am concerned that we would not endanger the girls. however, i do know that it's very, very concerning that there is not thatoncert using these particular battalion then special forces. my question on the relief fund and how can we collaborate with the african union on the regional aspect? is there any ground for u.n. peacekeepers? and know that ambassador powers is not here. and is there any way that you can encourage president jonathan that his voice now, even though it is painful, his voice continuing to speak of their concern to the world is crucial. he made one point, and i wil
ghana is not far from nigeria. the first question is members of congress, women, went to the nigerian embassy, and asked the country to establish a relief fund for the families. just announce and put in -- put dollars in for the pain, the displacement, many of them may be trying to follow where the girls are. i want they want to see whether the state department, beyond our moans that, we are giving, for them to establish a relief fund. i am concerned that we would not endanger the girls....
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nigeria as the nation and the thought and the way in which you live in the political dimension is to work in the space of nations within nations were together. so it is through your nationality that you connect. bad idea existed. but they just say i have a definition, a 30 slogan. i think it has two dimensions. one is kind of moral university. every human being matters. i haven't heard shia everywhere to anybody whom we can effectively know about. the other side if we don't all have to be the same. there are plenty of universality is ordered american perhaps. what's the best culture? he understand there are different individual collect his ways and it would be a mistake to try to impose one. you could be an internationalist in homogeneity. and so, i think there are different things. it's very natural to be internationalist in the sand and sea and this is perfectly right, you can't respond to the problems as if people in your place matter and they don't and that's the universality and homogenizing people. but they differ and so that's how i think about the difference. when he finally
nigeria as the nation and the thought and the way in which you live in the political dimension is to work in the space of nations within nations were together. so it is through your nationality that you connect. bad idea existed. but they just say i have a definition, a 30 slogan. i think it has two dimensions. one is kind of moral university. every human being matters. i haven't heard shia everywhere to anybody whom we can effectively know about. the other side if we don't all have to be the...
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nigeria to find these girls, bring them home safely to their mother and father and get the bad guys and send an international message, leave girls and boys alone. there are additional rumors coming out that schools where boys have been attending simply because they're western-based education, that those schools are being burned down and that the boys' lives are in danger. what kind of world is it that a parent, based on parental choice -- parental choice -- can't send a child to school without thinking that they could be kidnapped and abused, sold into sexual slavery and so on? so we encourage the efforts by the united states government to support the capacity of the government of nigeria to provide security for these schools and to hold these organizations accountable. we urge timely civilian assistance from the united states and allied nations in rescuing these girls. we believe that there should be a regional -- many of us -- a regional african coalition to go in who know the terrain to find these girls. but our president is sending military and law enforcement people to advise t
nigeria to find these girls, bring them home safely to their mother and father and get the bad guys and send an international message, leave girls and boys alone. there are additional rumors coming out that schools where boys have been attending simply because they're western-based education, that those schools are being burned down and that the boys' lives are in danger. what kind of world is it that a parent, based on parental choice -- parental choice -- can't send a child to school without...
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that the tribal, ethnic and religious conflicts have been remarkably on the uptick in south sudan, nigeria, christians, muslims, just everywhere in weak state governments, and they all have modern weapons or machetes. would you cardiackize yourself as -- characterize yourself as being more optimistic or less about this future since there seems to be a reluctant on the great powers to get involved in these things? and as an aside, i would say what she was talking about, i think the way the russians look at the world and putin is completely different than ours, and they really have a different mindset based on their geography. >> two interesting questions rolled into one, thank you. [laughter] your first question, your first observation, you're absolutely correct that there's a lot that that's still tribal in the modern world. it's not just that in afghanistan and sudan there's a lot that's tribal. in the united states, there's a lot that's tribal. any of you who know a rural area of the united states. so my wife and i and our kids, we spend parts of our summers in montana. and when neighbor
that the tribal, ethnic and religious conflicts have been remarkably on the uptick in south sudan, nigeria, christians, muslims, just everywhere in weak state governments, and they all have modern weapons or machetes. would you cardiackize yourself as -- characterize yourself as being more optimistic or less about this future since there seems to be a reluctant on the great powers to get involved in these things? and as an aside, i would say what she was talking about, i think the way the...
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south texas and have seen how these cities have been transformed and up in pennsylvania, i have been to nigeria and i firmly believe if we are going to use the oil and gas this country does, americans use more per-capita than anyone else in the world we sort of have a responsibility to do it as well as we can, to use inefficiently, to not leave behind an environmental legacy, go to a place like west africa where we imported $1 trillion worth of oil over the decades. the legacy left behind is not good. there is corruption, environmental waste, the country is not in great shape. >> are the u.s. multinationals doing the drilling? >> u.s. and european, very big. dutch british company. when you talk about producing more in the u.s. north dakota and south texas is a great opportunity. let's do this right, figure out how if we are going to use the oil, do it in the most environmentally, the least impact. it is the challenge. from what travelling and talking to engineers, people in the community, i absolutely think they are up to the challenge. >> i ask you in a published interview, about something in
south texas and have seen how these cities have been transformed and up in pennsylvania, i have been to nigeria and i firmly believe if we are going to use the oil and gas this country does, americans use more per-capita than anyone else in the world we sort of have a responsibility to do it as well as we can, to use inefficiently, to not leave behind an environmental legacy, go to a place like west africa where we imported $1 trillion worth of oil over the decades. the legacy left behind is...
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early on us kbg asset in late host nigeria is arrested in moscow during a home leave. sometime between late august and early at cooper, r. g are your asset in lisbon, portugal is also arrested in moscow, also during a home leave. november 6, our kbg asset here at washington d.c. boards and air flight at the last bound for moscow. over and back from a short trip. we never see him again. again early november our kbg asset and bottom with germany travels to east berlin for a three-day conference. he disappears. and into 1986 february, our kbg asset in moscow is arrested. june or july as best we can tell, our g are you asset and moscow is arrested. july 7 1986, our long retired gru asset on a general dimitri of the cost is arrested in moscow one day after his 65th birthday. he's the highest-ranking highest-ranking soviet intelligence officer's this government has ever run. and unfortunately in 21987 our kbg asset also in moscow also long retired is arrested. so here we are. it is the end of 1985 and obviously some seriously wrong. two possible explanations. we either have
early on us kbg asset in late host nigeria is arrested in moscow during a home leave. sometime between late august and early at cooper, r. g are your asset in lisbon, portugal is also arrested in moscow, also during a home leave. november 6, our kbg asset here at washington d.c. boards and air flight at the last bound for moscow. over and back from a short trip. we never see him again. again early november our kbg asset and bottom with germany travels to east berlin for a three-day conference....
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emboldened from central asia to the middle east and north africa all the way the west african countries like nigeria and molly . indeed, nothing brings this, more tragically and watching the black flags of al qaeda hoisted over the iraqi city of pollution . ninety-five brave soldiers and americans died. 600 or wounded. today we see the black flags hoisted over the city. the problem is getting worse, and that is in large part due to this administration's dissing david from these regions. look at libya today. a country that we and our nato allies intervened to save from the lack of an anti-american tyrant who is now characterized by chaos and lawlessness in and governs bases here are exploited by those to see to do harm to our nation and interest. according to the senate intelligence committee report 15 libyans who cooperated with our investigation into the benghazi attack had been murdered. the administration can blame them for this problems just as they blame the iraqis, but they cannot escape their share of the blame for failing to support these people who want and need our help to secure their cou
emboldened from central asia to the middle east and north africa all the way the west african countries like nigeria and molly . indeed, nothing brings this, more tragically and watching the black flags of al qaeda hoisted over the iraqi city of pollution . ninety-five brave soldiers and americans died. 600 or wounded. today we see the black flags hoisted over the city. the problem is getting worse, and that is in large part due to this administration's dissing david from these regions. look at...
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now from central asia to the middle east, north africa, all the way to west african countries like nigeria and mali. nothing brings this home more tragically than watching the pwhrag flags of al qaeda -- black flags hoisted over the iraqi city of fallujah. 95 brave soldiers died in fallujah. 600 were wounded. and today -- and today -- we see the black flags of al qaeda hoisted over the city of fallujah. the problem is getting worse, and that is in large part due to this administration's disengagement from these regions. look at libya today, a country that we and our nato allies intervened to save from the wrath of a tyrant is now full of lawlessness and ungoverned spatials by those who seek to do harm to us and our interests. according to a report, 15 libyans who kraorpted with our investigation -- who cooperated with our investigation into the benghazi attack have been murdered. the u.s. can blame the libyans for these problems but they can't escape their share of the blame for failing to support these people who want and need our help to secure their country. that is why chris stevens wa
now from central asia to the middle east, north africa, all the way to west african countries like nigeria and mali. nothing brings this home more tragically than watching the pwhrag flags of al qaeda -- black flags hoisted over the iraqi city of fallujah. 95 brave soldiers died in fallujah. 600 were wounded. and today -- and today -- we see the black flags of al qaeda hoisted over the city of fallujah. the problem is getting worse, and that is in large part due to this administration's...